Series
Food Environment Research Agency and predecessors: Food Science Laboratory Norwich:...
Catalogue reference: MAF 805
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MAF 805
This series contains files relating to the Central Science Laboratory Ownership Board.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 805
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Title (The name of the record)
- Food Environment Research Agency and predecessors: Food Science Laboratory Norwich: Registered Files (FLN Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1999-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to the Central Science Laboratory Ownership Board.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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FLN
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Central Science Laboratory, 1992-2009
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2022 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Prefix was transferred to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2015
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1979-2015
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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This series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1990 the Food Science Laboratory, which was part of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food?s Food Science Division, moved to a purpose built laboratory in Norwich. Work undertaken there included research into food additives and contaminants, long term work on various compounds which migrate from packaging, including dioxins; veterinary drug residues, trace elements and food authenticity; latterly work on the Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme (FAPAS) a food chemical testing service has been carried out by Food Environment Research Agency (FERA) on a sub-contracting basis by the Proficiency Testing Group (PTG). In
1999 the Norwich Food Science Laboratory moved to become part of the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) an executive agency of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on the Sand Hutton site at York. In 2009 CSL became part of FERA, an executive agency of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
In 2015 the records were transferred back to DEFRA responsibility when Fera Science Ltd was launched as a private venture.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16915371/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Food Environment Research Agency and predecessors: Food Science Laboratory Norwich: Registered Files (FLN Series)